According to Ta, the Government should make it a priority to readjust and perfect legal documents such as the Civil Code and Trade Law, and promulgate laws on e-transactions, IT, intellectual property and related treaties such as e-government, e-commerce, digital signature and e-certificate.
Ta also mentioned policies to assist and encourage all agencies at all levels, especially at the State level, to develop capacity for applying, developing and managing IT.
In addition, the State should issue policies to attract investments from economic sectors and international organisations in developing the IT industry and building hi-tech training and research centres in Viet Nam.
Investment capital should focus on prioritised IT projects at national and sectoral levels, he said.
The minister also touched on the development of IT human resources, and co-ordination between IT businesses and research institutes and universities. He said priority in the IT development strategy should be given to people in rural, remote and isolated areas and disabled people in order to narrow the gap between them and others.
Regarding outstanding achievements in 2005, the minister said the sector had finalised a legal framework for telecom and IT, submitted a telecom and internet development scheme for 2010, an e-government development master plan and a national programme for IT application and development during the 2006-2010 period to the Government.
Also in 2005, the Government decided to reorganise the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) into a holding company.
The sector, which developed post and telecom networks, added an additional 5.1 million phone subscribers in 2005, bringing the country’s total number of telephone subscribers to 15.38 million, or 18.4 telephones per 100 residents.
All communes across the country now have telephone access. The year 2005 also saw a boom in mobile phone subscription, with around 4.5 million new subscribers, double the previous year’s figure.
In 2005, Viet Nam had more than 2.68 million internet subscriptions, with approximately 9.9 million users. The number of Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) subscribers had increased four-fold over 2004 to 200,000. Over 8,000 out of the 9,000 communes nationwide have post-cum-cultural centres.
Regarding international co-operation, the minister said that for the first time in 2005, Viet Nam hosted the fifth ASEAN Telecom and Information Technology Ministers’ Meeting (TELMIN 5). The ministry also attended the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS 2) that was held in Tunisia last year.
Quelle: Viet Nam News, 13.01.2006
